Nokia incorporates Google

Nokia will incorporate Google in its search application, integrating the search engine with Yahoo and Windows Live on four new handset models, says The Editors Weblog.

Neil Mawston, an analyst at Strategy Analytics, told Bloomberg.com that the Nokia, Google deal reflects the tendency for major industry leaders to join forces.

Nokia's current search function will be integrated with Google Search and eventually made available in more than 100 countries and in more than 40 languages.

Pending litigation between Ronald A Katz Technology Licensing and Leap Wireless affiliates has been dismissed, reports Fox Business.

As part of a settlement, Leap Wireless has agreed to pay an undisclosed sum for a non-exclusive licence under a comprehensive portfolio of patents that Katz owns relating to interactive voice applications.

The non-exclusive licence covers services offered by Leap Wireless in the wireless voice and data services field delivered through automated systems and live agents. Other terms of the licence were not disclosed.

French-US telecom equipment maker Alcatel-Lucent is entering a joint venture with Japanese group NEC on Tuesday to develop ultra-high-speed mobile phone technology, says AFP.

The joint company will work on building phone infrastructure to the Long Term Evolution norm that will allow high-speed transfer speeds for mobile phones around the year 2010 that are equivalent to broadband Internet.

This fourth-generation technology, capable of data transfer speeds of 1MB per second, is expected to spur development of mobile television, interactive games and e-mail.